Pattaya city is close to Bangkok, it is a lively city by night and day, during which you can do many thngs from Temples visits, to floating markets, to Sky diving or other sports like sailing or bungy jumping! After all of which you can relax in a giant food court or watch a movie in the largest beach front shopping mall in Thailand!

All the amazing activities can be combined with your scuba diving Holiday to Pattaya! There are also many islands just off the coast here, making Pattaya a prime destination to combine an exciting holiday with night life with some scuba diving!

Of all the best Dive Sites Thailand Has TO Offer, The Dive Sites Around Pattaya Are Often Over looked.
The “Far Islands” of Pattaya Are Approx 1.5hrs From Pattaya Beach and Offer Some of the Best Dives in Thailands Northern Gulf. The “Near Islands” of Pattaya Are Approx 40min From Pattaya Beach and are Home to Many of Thailands Oldest Hawksbill Sea Turtles!
Pattaya has more Wreck Diving Than Anywhere else in Thailand and Samae San Islands are some of the most beautiful and remote islands in Thailand.

Did you know that Pattaya has more wreck diving than anywhere else in Thailand?
Yes its true, Home to anicent Thai & Chinese Pottery Wrecks more than 600 years old, though pretty much long gone there are still plenty of Wrecks to be explored in the Water off Pattaya.

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DIVING PATTAYA THAILAND DIVE SITES

PATTAYA NEAR ISLANDS THAILAND DIVE SITES

The closest and easiest diving in Pattaya. Approx 30mins from Pattaya Beach lay three islands which contain many reef areas to go scuba diving, The Nearest is Koh Khrok, Then Koh Sak and Koh Larn. These islands have some of the highest Hawksbill Sea Turtle population across all other Thailand Dive Sites.

PATTAYA FAR ISLANDS THAILAND DIVE SITES

Hard to Believe you are only a few hours from Bangkok when you see the Pattaya islands for the first time. Approx 60mins from Pattaya Beach lay 6 more islands which contain many reefs and small rock pinnacles to go scuba diving around…Koh Rin, Koh Phai and Koh Man Whichai are some great sites but this is only to name a few, The Pattaya Far islands are amongst some of the most beautiful of the Thailand Dive Sites you can visit and are home to the very 1st Shipwreck artificial diving site in Thailand, The HTMS Khram .

SAMAE SAN ISLANDS THAILAND DIVE SITES

Approx 30mins from Samae san fishing village lays a little piece of paradise – Very very few tourists get out and about these islands. Pattaya Dive Center are lucky to have one of our own boats exclusively for dive trips in this area. Around the islands of Koh Chuang and Koh Chan lay sloping reefs and white sand beaches.Pretty awesome visibility most of the year and also home to the world famous shipwreck from WWII, S.S Suddhadip AKA The “Hardeep”

WRECK DIVING PATTAYA THAILAND DIVE SITES

Just and hour outside of Bangkok Pattaya diving offers four of the best shipwrecks that Thailand Dive Sites have to offer! Wreck diving to these dive sites is within recreational dive limits (30m or less). Many more shipwrecks lay in the Thai Gulf if you have the training to reach them. HTMS Kut. HTMS Khram, HTMS Mataphon and S.S Suddhadip AKA The “Hardeep” however can be enjoyed by experienced recreational divers either holding an advanced openwater certification or training to that level